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power plants

Portuguese translation: usinas de força ou de energia elé(c)trica

19:00 Nov 27, 2002
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / Electric utility
English term or phrase: power plants
Most electrical utilities rely primarly on very large power plants that are fueled either by coal or nuclear fuel. These plants take a long time to heat up or cool down;
Jeovane Cazer
Brazil
Local time: 01:03
Portuguese translation:usinas de força ou de energia elé(c)trica
Explanation:
mais exatamente
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João Carlos Pijnappel
Local time: 01:03
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4usinas elétricas
Roberto Cavalcanti
5 +4Centrais eléctricas
Mário Seita
5 +2usinas geradoras
Clauwolf
5 +1usinas geradoras de energia elétrica
Magda Zanchetta
5usinas de força ou de energia elé(c)trica
João Carlos Pijnappel


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
usinas elétricas


Explanation:
ou de energia elétrica

Roberto Cavalcanti
Brazil
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 7462

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Denise Borges Bittar
4 hrs
  -> Grato
agree  Gino Amaral
4 hrs
  -> Grato
agree  Emilia Carneiro
4 hrs
  -> Grato
agree  José Antonio Azevedo
14 hrs
  -> Grato
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
usinas de força ou de energia elé(c)trica


Explanation:
mais exatamente

João Carlos Pijnappel
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 492
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Centrais eléctricas


Explanation:
"Central eléctrica - Local de produção de energia, por transformação de outras formas da mesma"

Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa Contemporânea, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa

Mário Seita
Portugal
Local time: 05:03
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 218

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  António Ribeiro
53 mins
  -> Obrigado, António
agree  Aida Macedo
2 hrs
  -> Obrigado
agree  Jorge Freire: Como se diz em Portugal
4 hrs
  -> Obrigado
agree  Ivana de Sousa Santos
16 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
usinas geradoras


Explanation:
é assim na literatura técnica

Clauwolf
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 15958

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Andrade
2 hrs
  -> obrigado
agree  hmercer: era o que eu iria propor
20 hrs
  -> obrigado
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
usinas geradoras de energia elétrica


Explanation:
térmicas, hidrelétricas ou nucleares

Magda Zanchetta
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Andrade
1 hr
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